OconRecon Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/..._specialis.html Brady Quinn to visit specialist for second opinion on broken finger by Mary Kay Cabot/Plain Dealer Reporter Monday November 24, 2008, 7:42 PM Plain Dealer File Brady Quinn will visit orthopedic specialist Dr. James Andrews on Tuesday for a second opinion on his injured right index finger.Browns quarterback Brady Quinn will visit orthopedic specialist Dr. James Andrews on Tuesday in Birmingham, Ala., for a second opinion, ESPN's Michael Smith reported Monday evening. Browns coach Romeo Crennel confirmed Monday that Quinn has a damaged tendon in his right index finger in addition to the fracture at the top of the finger. "Yes, that small fracture is where the tendon is attached," said Crennel. "It's right at the tip, and it makes it tough for him to spin [the ball] the way he wants to spin it." After telling local reporters after the game that his injury wasn't a factor in his performance, Quinn revealed to SI.com's Peter King in a phone interview that the damaged tendon impacted his release. King wrote in his Monday Morning Quarterback column that Quinn told him the injury "makes it doubly difficult to spin the ball with the kind of rotation he usually has coming out of his right hand." Crennel, who yanked Quinn after his second interception of the game and had an 8-for-18 performance for a 21.3 rating, reiterated Monday that the injury was a factor in Quinn's benching. "The combination of some misreads, a couple of turnovers, my knowledge of the finger situation during the week and the way things were going in the game, I thought that I needed to make the change," Crennel said. Despite the injury -- and Quinn's own admission that his throwing was affected -- Crennel is getting hammered locally and nationally for benching Quinn in only his third start. "The big story is about the quarterback and my decision to try to get the team a spark with a different quarterback," Crennel said. "Brady is a good quarterback, and he's going to be a good quarterback. . . . I was trying to get a spark, and I changed the quarterback. When this team doesn't get a spark, it struggles, particularly at home." Crennel also reiterated that Quinn is the starter for Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts. "Brady is still the starting quarterback," said Crennel. "I told him last night that he had not lost his job. He was disappointed at being taken out of the game. The interpretation about not losing your job, he didn't know whether he was the starter or not because of the frustration." Crennel also stressed that Quinn is not on short leash, which Quinn he said was Sunday night. "If he were on a short leash, I would've told him before the game that 'if you throw two interceptions, I'm going to take you out,'¤" said Crennel. "But I didn't do that because it was not my intention. Every game in the NFL is different. You've got to play the circumstances as they come up." Crennel said he would've been happy if backup quarterback Derek Anderson pulled out a victory, but "Brady would still have been the quarterback." ----------------- So, this is starting to sound less like a "stress fracture" and more like an avulsion fracture. Hopefully not a mallet finger, which is raditionally treated with 6-8 weeks of splinting to avoid permanent deformity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemosley01 Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 And how did the team doctors miss this, if that is the case? Please send him somewhere else to be treated. Last thing he needs is a staph infection, ending his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OconRecon Posted November 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Staph infection isn't a concern here as the skin wasn't lacerated, to our knowledge. Although worth mentioning with the team's recent history. This isn't an injury a local Cleveland hand surgeon, supposedly who cleared Quinn, would miss. My bet is this is a reassurance visit. Andrews is often used to confirm a diagnosis and tweak a treatment plan, rather than reverse a previous diagnosis. The other time he's used is to perform a surgery, but from what we know, BQ has a non-operative injury. We'll see though as the press terms used so far have been anatomically vague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ATENEARS Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Why not just start Anderson then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalBrownsFan Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Why not just start Anderson then? Funk that, start Dorsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemosley01 Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Staph infection isn't a concern here as the skin wasn't lacerated, to our knowledge. Although worth mentioning with the team's recent history. This isn't an injury a local Cleveland hand surgeon, supposedly who cleared Quinn, would miss. My bet is this is a reassurance visit. Andrews is often used to confirm a diagnosis and tweak a treatment plan, rather than reverse a previous diagnosis. The other time he's used is to perform a surgery, but from what we know, BQ has a non-operative injury. We'll see though as the press terms used so far have been anatomically vague. Ocon, are you in the business? You seem to know a lot about the doctors. The staph reference is because they might poke him with a needle or decide he does need surgery; then comes staph.. If that's the case, send him elsewhere to be treated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eqrulz101 Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 This is nothing more then the company line to make RAC decision about bringing DA look better. Bottom line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBestPlayersPlay Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 This is nothing more then the company line to make RAC decision about bringing DA look better. Bottom line. The season is over ....the fear I have in starting DA is he may have one of his 1 out of 5 game good performances, and then the QB deadbate is on all over again. I think you sit DA the rest of the season and trade him. Then again, he comes out and looks good maybe we can up his trade value a slight bit, but not much I am sure. Tough spot to be in, but BQ is our future. Question is, if they already knew he injured his tendon, and they simply lied to the media and fans about it .....why even put Quinn in there at all last game and risk further injury, loss of confidence, and crippled fan support? This organization definitely needs an enema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. T Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 if it is mallet finger, he will more than likely be done if it is giving him pain. i had that last year playing ball when a batter smoked one up the middle and all i could do was stab at it it came right in on top of the finger snaped the tendon, nd it just laid there. it was a couple of months before it started working properly again. but then im not a million dollar NFL QB either. I dont have access to top docs. If he comes out and plays it will be a great endorsement for meatball subs, they promote quik healing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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